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Meaning of "gastrobot" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GASTROBOT

From gastro- + (ro)bot.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF GASTROBOT

ˈɡæstrəʊˌbɒt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GASTROBOT

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Gastrobot is a noun.
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WHAT DOES GASTROBOT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Gastrobot

Gastrobot, meaning literally 'robot with stomach', was a term coined in 1998 by the University of South Florida Institute's director, Dr. Stuart Wilkinson. A gastrobot is "An intelligent machine that derives all its energy requirements from the digestion of real food". The Gastrobot's energy intake may come in the form of carbohydrates, lipids etc., or may be a simpler source, such as alcohol. The energy source commonly used for this robot is a mixture of carbohydrates and protein. These molecules are obtained from food through a microbial fuel cell which then converts the food into gases and other potential energy. The gases and liquids are used to help fuel things such as a hydrogen fuel cell which help create more energy, along with other gases that help power the mechanics of the gastrobot. The future of these robots supposedly is for certain types of so-called 'start and forget' missions on an ecological plateau which would be Earth at the current period in time. Their optic sensors may have artificial intelligence software that allows them to determine what is edible for consumption and energy conversion.

Definition of gastrobot in the English dictionary

The definition of gastrobot in the dictionary is a robot that is able to supply itself with sugar, which it uses as a source of fuel.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GASTROBOT

bot · bott · chatbot · robot · shopbot · spambot

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GASTROBOT

gastro-pub · gastrocnemius · gastrocolic · gastroduodenal · gastroduodenostomy · gastroenteric · gastroenteritic · gastroenteritis · gastroenterologist · gastroenterology · gastroenterostomies · gastroenterostomy · gastrointestinal · gastrolith · gastrologer · gastrological · gastrologist · gastrology · gastromancy · gastronome

WORDS THAT END LIKE GASTROBOT

abbot · burbot · Cabot · Fox Talbot · jabot · Neath Port Talbot · on the bot · Port Talbot · sabot · subabbot · talbot · turbot · warbot

Synonyms and antonyms of gastrobot in the English dictionary of synonyms

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GASTROBOT»

Discover the use of gastrobot in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gastrobot and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Artificial Life Models in Hardware
Although in basic principle this project seemed very similar to Wilkinson's Gastrobot [15,16], there were several significant differences. In the first instance, Gastrobot employed two Ni–Cd battery stacks which re- quired initial off-board charging ...
Andrew Adamatzky, Maciej Komosinski, 2009
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NetLingo: The Internet Dictionary
gastrobot. A proposed name for a robot that eats and digests sugar to generate its own power. lt might make more sense if you think of it as a robotic lawn mower that eats the grass and clippings for power. Now that would be cool.
Erin Jansen, Vincent James, 2002
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Popular Science
"We stole the idea of eating food from the biological world," he says, "but we are marrying that idea to useful robotic capabilities." One potential application for a gastrobot, as Chew-Chew's genre of machine is known, is a self-powered lawn ...
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Synthetic Biology: Industrial and Environmental Applications
(2002) is almost immediately applicable to provide long-term power to remote marine electronics Start and forget gastrobota) (energy autonomous robots) operations, if suitable food-locating behaviors can be programmed a) Gastrobot literally ...
Markus Schmidt, 2012
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Biological Fuel Cells 4
The first integrated and mobile application using MFCs was Stuart Wilkinson's Gastrobot or “Chew-Chew train” in 2000 (13). This was a 3- carriage small toy train, which employed batteries for powering the robot train and MFCs supplied with ...
S. Calabrese Barton, 2010
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Bio-inspired Materials and Sensing Systems
microbial 105–10 function and structure 34–5 functionalized surfaces hydrogels 77–8 lipid bilayers 77 nanoarrays with bio-inspired nanocorals 79 receptors and surfaces 75–6 virus particles as scaffolds 76–7 GA see tabun Gastrobot ...
Peter Biggins, Anne Kusterbeck, John Hiltz, 2011
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Robert Hartwell Fiske's Dictionary of Unendurable English: A ...
According to Wilkinson, enough electricity is generated during simple microbial fermentation to power a rnotor—a.k.a. a gastrobot (a robot with a stomach). DELETE a rnotor—a.k.a. ° RUF commander Dennis Mingo, a.k.a. Superman, has  ...
Robert Hartwell Fiske, 2011
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Robotics Technology and Flexible Automation
The University of South Florida, Tampa, USA, developed Gastrobot, a robot that digests organic mass to produce C02 used later for power. This engine is known as 'Chew Chew'. 1997 G. Kasparov loses to IBM's Deep Blue Supercomputer in ...
Deb, 2010
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Maximum Performance: A Practical Guide to Leading and ...
A gastrobot, named 'Chew-Chew' made its debut at a robotics conference in Hawaii in July 2000. It had a microbial 'stomach' that was fed organic matter, which it then converted into electrical energy. A robowaitress made its first appearance ...
Nick Forster, 2005
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Popular Mechanics
Stuart Wilkinson of the University of South Florida in Tampa has found a way to broaden their taste. Chew-Chew (above) is the world's first gastrobot — a food- powered robot. A microbial fuel cell (MFC) contains bacteria that produce enzymes.
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Gastrobot [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/gastrobot>. May 2024 ».
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